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Ashtons Legal has advised national company Gloveman Supplies Ltd in its acquisition of the business and assets of Cornwall based WSB Tackle Ltd.WSB Tackle are wholesale suppliers of fishing tackle and associated products and supply retail shops, fisheries, commercial and charter boats and webshops....

Ben Ward, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a settlement for Mr S after his straightforward spinal surgical procedure was followed by complications which were not immediately diagnosed, leading to further neurological problems.Mr S underwent surgery to address a narrowing of...

Consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector & introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of careThe government is looking to conduct a consultation process to address waste crime and poor performance, by giving regulators, Environment Agency (EA) in E...

Cryptocurrencies have seen a vast upsurge in popularity over the past couple of years. Many have come and gone but the best known core currencies at present are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash, Dash, Ripple and Monero. Offering the opportunity for fast, secure, private, global transactions they have attra...

The value of our online lives is worth billions of pounds but many of these assets may never be passed on, as people are failing to record their digital worth.In research undertaken by accountants PWC, the value of our digital assets was estimated at £25bn, yet in a YouGov poll over half of those su...

A survey has found that only 6% of parents with under-fives would go to a pharmacist before visiting a GP. NHS England said visits to GPs and A&E for these ‘self-treatable’ conditions, such as stomach ache, cost £850m a year. The Royal College of GPs said patients can help to ease the "intense...

The High Court has ruled that a successful claimant, represented by Ashtons Legal, should receive the benefits of beating his settlement offer after ruling a 90% proposal was reasonable.Read the full article on the Law Society Gazette website here.

Supermarket supergiant Tesco are facing a ground breaking equal pay claim which could cost the Company a staggering £4bn.The claim brought by more than a thousand female employees of Tesco is based on the principle, that both men and women should receive equal pay for equal work, as provided for und...

Research has revealed those in part time work are most likely to suffer from the gender ‘pay penalty’ with women disproportionately affected as a result of making up the vast majority of part – time workers in the UK. According to research from the Institute for Fiscal studies, women working part –...

There is big news this morning regarding the government’s proposed response to the Taylor Review that considered the gig economy and the rights of workers last year. The Good Work Plan seeks to:enforce workers’ holiday and sick payprovide a list of day one rights to workers, including holiday and si...

Julie Crossley, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has obtained a £100,000 damage settlement and an apology from Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS Foundation Trust for Ms M after her routine laparoscopic cholecystectomy went wrong. A surgeon’s error resulted in damage to her bile ducts....